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VOLATILITY REGIME ANALYSIS - Enhanced Multi-Factor (NVDA)
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REPORT REFRESH
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Saved refresh: Fri, May 22, 2026, 9:16 AM EDT
Saved session: pre-open
Report date: 2026-05-22
š” CURRENT MARKET SNAPSHOT
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HV20: 44.82 (-0.00) š“
Vol Structure: BACKWARDATION (-13.5%) ā ļø
āā 20d RV 44.8 is above 60d RV 38.8: near-term volatility is outrunning the medium-term baseline.
NVDA: $220.81 (Gap: -1.19%) š“
Weekly Momentum: NVDA: +71.6 (1w: -54.6) strong bull š¢ | SATY +18.3 ST +50 EMA +50 D +6.6
RS vs SPY: NVDA/SPY: 0.301 (5d: -0.90%) š“
Mag 7 Breadth: 5/7 above 20d (5d: +0.0pp) š¢
Semis RS: SMH/QQQ: 0.795 (5d: -1.08%) š“
Model note: Mag 7 stock model tracks NVDA/SPY leadership plus seven-stock breadth across AAPL/AMZN/GOOGL/META/MSFT/NVDA/TSLA.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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š“ Wed 05/27 after close: Nvidia earnings
š LAST 10 TRADING DAYS
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Date Day Open High Low Close Range% Move% Vol(M) Regime
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2026-05-07 Thu 208.34 214.20 206.50 211.50 3.70 + 1.52 168.3 HIGH VOL
2026-05-08 Fri 213.03 217.80 212.89 215.20 2.30 + 1.02 136.4 LOW VOL
2026-05-11 Mon 214.03 222.30 213.89 219.44 3.93 + 2.53 160.7 HIGH VOL
2026-05-12 Tue 218.54 223.75 214.92 220.78 4.04 + 1.02 159.2 HIGH VOL
2026-05-13 Wed 224.93 227.84 221.57 225.83 2.79 + 0.40 150.4 NORMAL
2026-05-14 Thu 229.85 236.54 229.30 235.74 3.15 + 2.56 180.8 NORMAL
2026-05-15 Fri 229.76 231.50 224.24 225.32 3.16 -1.93 181.0 NORMAL
2026-05-18 Mon 229.87 230.00 218.37 222.32 5.06 -3.28 146.3 HIGH VOL
2026-05-19 Tue 219.62 224.48 217.91 220.61 2.99 + 0.45 140.9 NORMAL
2026-05-20 Wed 223.18 226.13 220.50 223.47 2.52 + 0.13 184.2 NORMAL
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š SUMMARY STATISTICS
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Avg Daily Range: 3.36%
Avg Absolute Move: 1.48%
Avg Volume: 160.4M
Last Day Volume: 184.2M (115% of avg)
š REGIME BREAKDOWN:
NORMAL āāāāāāāāāā 5 days (50%)
HIGH VOL āāāāāāāāāā 4 days (40%)
LOW VOL āāāāāāāāāā 1 days (10%)
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šÆ TODAY'S PREDICTION
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Last 3 days regime: HIGH VOL ā NORMAL ā NORMAL
Last 3 days direction: BEAR ā CHOP ā CHOP
Range trend: 5.06% ā 2.52%
š Range contracting: Compression building...
š§ BASELINE REGIME: NORMAL ā
š LIVE REGIME NOWCAST: NORMAL ā
āā Live tape is broadly in line with the completed-session baseline.
š EXPECTED DIRECTION: BULLISH š
ā” CONFIDENCE: āāā ā
š REGIME CHANGE PROB: āāā ā
CONFIDENCE FACTORS:
Regime Consistency āāāāāāāāāā āāā
Range Stability āāāāāāāāāā āāā
HV20 Alignment āāāāāāāāāā āāā
Volume Health āāāāāāāāāā āāā
REGIME CHANGE SIGNALS:
Range Contracting āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāā
Vol Structure āāāāāāāāāā āāā āā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā
Event Risk āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āā āāāāāāā
Regime Mixed āāāāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāāāāāāā
Cross-Asset Stress āāāāāāāāāā ā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā
š STRATEGY IMPLICATIONS:
⢠Balanced conditions for all tiers
⢠Expect 15-25% option peaks typical
⢠Good trade frequency expected
⢠Standard tier logic should work well
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š TODAY'S TRADING PLAN
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š° POSITION SIZING:
⢠100% normal size
ā” REGIME CHANGE WARNING (57% probability):
⢠Conditions may shift from the current regime
⢠Stay flexible and wait for confirmation
⢠Watch the first 30 minutes closely
šÆ DIRECTION BIAS:
⢠Favor NVDA long setups on pullbacks
⢠Let winners run a bit longer when momentum confirms
ā° SESSION TIMING:
⢠9:30 EDT-10:00 EDT: Opening volatility
⢠10:00 EDT-11:30 EDT: Often the cleanest setups
⢠11:30 EDT-2:00 EDT: Lunch lull, be patient
⢠2:00 EDT-4:00 EDT: Late-day trend or reversal window
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š 2-4 DAY SWING PLAN
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SWING BIAS: āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā
SWING SIZE: āāāāāā āā āāāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING THESIS: āāāā ā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāā āā āāāāā āā āāāā āāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāā
SWING ENTRY: āāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āā āāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āā āāā āāāā āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāāā āāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āāāā āāāā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāā
SWING INVALIDATION: āāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāā āā ā āāāāā āāāā āāāāā āāāāāāā āā āā āāāāāā āāāāāāāā āāā āāā ā āāāāāāā āāāā āā āāāāāāā āāāāāā ā āāāā āāāāāāāā
SWING CATALYST WINDOW: āāāā āāāā āāāāāāā āāā āā āāā āāāāāāā āāāāāāāā āā āāāāāāāāāāāāāā āāāāā āāāāāāāāāāāā āāā āāāāāā āāāāāāāāā āāāāāā āāāāāāā
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